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<blockquote data-quote="Channel Hopper" data-source="post: 835921" data-attributes="member: 175144"><p>It's closest approach to Earth is tomorrow, before travelling onwards to the sun</p><p></p><p></p><p><em>The comet should begin to finally become visible to Northern Hemisphere skywatchers on Thursday (March 7), weather permitting, when it will rise very low near the west-southwest horizon about a half hour after sunset. </em></p><p></p><p><em>Next Tuesday (March 12), <a href="http://www.space.com/53-comets-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html" target="_blank">the comet</a> will stand almost directly above the western horizon, less than 5 degrees to the left of a very narrow crescent moon. The comet will continue to slowly get higher and shift slowly toward the west-northwest part of the sky during the middle and later part of March, also becoming gradually dimmer as it pulls away from both the sun and the Earth. </em></p><p></p><p><em>Any tail that may be present should appear to be pointed straight up and tipped to the left through mid-March, then for the remainder of the month be tipped a bit more to the right.</em></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.space.com/20056-comet-panstarrs-march-night-sky.html" target="_blank">http://www.space.com/20056-comet-panstarrs-march-night-sky.html</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Channel Hopper, post: 835921, member: 175144"] It's closest approach to Earth is tomorrow, before travelling onwards to the sun [I]The comet should begin to finally become visible to Northern Hemisphere skywatchers on Thursday (March 7), weather permitting, when it will rise very low near the west-southwest horizon about a half hour after sunset. [/I] [I]Next Tuesday (March 12), [URL="http://www.space.com/53-comets-formation-discovery-and-exploration.html"]the comet[/URL] will stand almost directly above the western horizon, less than 5 degrees to the left of a very narrow crescent moon. The comet will continue to slowly get higher and shift slowly toward the west-northwest part of the sky during the middle and later part of March, also becoming gradually dimmer as it pulls away from both the sun and the Earth. [/I] [I]Any tail that may be present should appear to be pointed straight up and tipped to the left through mid-March, then for the remainder of the month be tipped a bit more to the right.[/I] [URL="http://www.space.com/20056-comet-panstarrs-march-night-sky.html"]http://www.space.com/20056-comet-panstarrs-march-night-sky.html[/URL] [/QUOTE]
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